ImageBeauty Order: China Glaze Holiday Sets!

I placed 3 orders from ImageBeauty with my Plum District deals and this is the first one that arrived!  I was anticipating the winter and holiday collections from China Glaze so it's nice to have my hands on most of them now.

I don't plan on doing a full swatch post of all of these but they will likely get their own posts with some nail art or stamping. I want to wear these rather than just swatch. But you'll get to see two in upcoming scheduled posts sometime soon!

Seasonal Sparkles Set
Contains: Holly-Day & Poinsettia
Gift: Twinkle Lights

Twinkle Lights is counted as a gift because it was $6.99 for the package, and the middle item is the gift. So there is my logic.

Deck the Halls Set
Contains: Glittering Garland & Champagne Bubbles
Gift: Holiday Berry Cuticle Oil

Let It Snow Set
Contains: Blue Year's Even & Snow globe
Gift: a snow globe (so cute!)

I'll start posting pics of these polishes as soon as I start taking them!

What did you get order from ImageBeauty?

Essie Turquoise and Caicos

This polish really changed my opinion about Essie.  My first few Essies sucked; I believe the particular bottle of Knockout Pout took 5 coats to reach opacity.  That's too many coats.  Turquoise and Caicos is a particularly sheer polish, but only took 3 coats.  And it's a beautiful color and it lasted nicely on me.  No chipping. I always get chips.  I'm just really tough on my hands.  The manicures I give to friends and family last over a week, I'm lucky if mine make it a day.

Turquoise and Caicos is a semi-jelly finish.  The first coat had me laughing because I never thought it would reach opacity.  It basically just tinted my nails to turquoise and I was all "Oh, crap."  The second coat looked promising and by the third, I was in love.  It really is such a simple color but it is done extremely well.  I like the unique flare of it being somewhat jelly.

Giveaway now open INTERNATIONALLY

This giveaway is now open internationally!   The rule form still states that it is continental US only, but it is not.  Best of luck!!

The Prizes (=

Prize Includes:
-Funky Fingers Stage Dive
-Funky Fingers Monster Ballad
-Funky Fingers Sold Out Arena
-Four piece manicure set
-A book of twelve mini emery boards
-A hot pink scrubby nail brush

I personally own all of the polishes I will be giving away, too! They're great, you can see them swatched HERE.  All prizes are brand new.

Rules:
1. Must be a follower.
2. Must provide GFC name & contact email.
3. Giveaway closes at 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 20th EST.
4. Extra entry for adding me to your sidebar; not required.
5. OPEN INTERNATIONALLY!
6.  The winner has 48 hours to reply; in the event they do not, a new winner will be chosen.

If you're interested, please click HERE to fill out the entry form.

Sinful Colors Star Fish & a NOPI

I'm not crazy about the polish I am about to show you.  Which is hard to understand considering its a pink creme and those are my favorite.  Sinful Colors Star Fish is a mauve-y kind of pink.  It is really pretty in the bottle, it just looked crappy next to my skin.

3 coats of Star Fish

 I had on CND Stickey and topped it with SH Insta Dri (Red Bottle).

Sorry for the wonky index finger.  I messed it up earlier and then "fixed"  it before taking photos. Looks like a dent -_-

I tried to save this manicure by adding NOPI Step to the Beat of My <3.

I WANT TO SWIM IN IT.

 These have one coat of the NOPI. They made it look cuter but the base color was still blargh on my skin )= Another one to add to the swap out pile I guess!

My First Zoya: Mira

After hearing such wonderful things about Zoya polishes but never venturing to get some, I decided to use my bloom.com voucher towards finally get my hands on some pretties.  I got Mira, Maya and Neeka and decided to try Mira first. I felt purpley.

Thanks for the edit job, Britty!

This is three coats of Mira over CND Sticket Base Coat (which I love by the way).  Two coats is all you really need with this one but I shlapped on a third after having some tipwear and realizing I hadn't taken pictures yet.  It's like, the perfect purple creme.  I really am thrilled with this one.  It's so simple but it's done right. No complaints!

 This is topped with a coat of SH Insta Dri (Red Bottle) and together they make such a shiny finish. I really like simple polishes like this, there isn't much to it at all, just a purple creme.  It's one of my favorite shades, too.

My Autumnal Franken: Cornucopia

I thought I had posted this ages ago, evidently I did not. I was probably waiting for Fall weather. But the East Coast skipped Fall and went straight to Winter. Yea, we had a white Halloween.

I don't remember the proportions for this at all, I mixed it until it resembled the idea I had in my head.  I do, however, know what I used to make it.

Klean Color: Red Hot, Tiara Gold, Chunky Copper
Orly: Life's a Peach
Sinful Colors: Call You Later
WnW: Cougar Attack


Red Hot and Cougar Attack where both glitters that had tinted jelly bases.  Red Hot had a red very sheer jelly base while Cougar Attack had a charcoal, almost black jelly base.  I used Life's a Peach (an orange shimmer) to try and balance it out to a more brown base.

Macro bottle shot.

I have it layered over two different polishes in these pictures.  The first is Avon Vintage Boutique, which is a chocolatey creme and ridiculously shiny.

Two coats, no TC.

Then I put two coats of Cornucopia with one coat of OTD TC.

I also have it over WnW Private Viewing: